Reception Focus W/C 21.01.19

This week in Reception we will continue to focus on our story 'Blue Penguin' by Petr Horacek.


 In Literacy, the children will be re-read the story and receive a letter from the Blue Penguin this week. The Blue Penguin would like to make some new friends and will ask the children what adventures they could go on together. The children will then write a simple sentence about this, applying their phonics knowledge to their writing.


We focused on 'one more' in Maths last week and will be introducing 'one less' to the children this week.


 In Phonics, we will introducing the term 'digraph' (two letters which make one sound) and we will be learning the 'qu 'and 'ch' this week. We will encourage the children to use the correct letter formation and write simple CVC words independently.


In Topic, we are following on from learning about Penguins and where they live last week. The children will have the chance to see what happens to ice, chocolate, wax and butter when it is heated up using either a hair dryer, hot water, a microwave and a flame. Hopefully this will mean lots of discussion in the classroom.

Reception Focus 03.12.18

This week in Reception we will be continuing to practise our Christmas play ready for our dress rehearsal on Friday.

In Literacy, the children will be reading 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' and will be writing their own letters to Father Christmas.

In Maths, we will be introducing our 'money' topic to the children. They will have the chance to look at the different coins in detail, discussing the differences as well as completing some money challenges throughout the week. 

In Phonics, we will be learning the sounds 'j 'and 'v' this week. We will encourage the children to use the correct letter formation and write simple CVC words independently. 

Reception Weekly Focus 26.11.18

For the next two weeks, the children in Reception we will be spending time perfecting our Christmas play in the hall. The children are becoming more confident in singing aloud to the music and signing using British Sign Language.

In our Topic session we will be reading the Christmas story to the children so they have some understanding as to why many people celebrate Christmas. 

Our phonics focus this week is recalling all phonemes learnt so far and building CVC words - reading and writing them correctly. We will also be learning the new phonemes 'f'  and l'.

In Maths we are focusing on teen numbers. We will be counting forwards, backwards, work on teen number recognition and how to correctly write teen numbers this week. 

Reception Focus 12.11.18

This week in Reception we will be continuing to focus on the story 'Room on a Broom' by Julia Donaldson. 

In Literacy, the children will revisit the story and will have lots of fun making their own magic potions. They will then attempt to write their own recipe and list of ingredients for the potions. 

Our Phonics focus this week is recalling all of the phonemes learnt so far ensuring that they are all formed correctly. In addition, we will be learning the new phonemes 'u' and r'.

In Maths, we will be exploring size and length. 

In our Topic session, we will be discussing what Children in Need is and read a story about Pudsey bear. 

Reception Focus 29.10.18

This week in Reception we will be focusing on the story 'Room on a Broom' by Julia Donaldson. 

In Literacy, the children will get the chance to investigate a 'crash site' where the witch will hand crashed before hearing the story and joining in with repeated refrains. 

In Phonics we will be introduced to the new tricky words "to" and "into" and will be learning the new sound "o".

In Maths, we will learn how to correctly write the number 6 as well as complete a variety of different activities such as ordering fireworks, counting 1:1 and filling in the missing number.  

In Topic, the children will be learning about the celebration of Bonfire Night. We will be discussing ways to keep safe during firework displays and creating some exciting artwork.

We will also be celebrating with hot chocolate and marshmallows around the fire pit at the end of the week. 

Reception Weekly Focus 15.10.18

It is a busy week ahead as the whole school is celebrating "What makes Britain great?"


The children in Reception will be introduced to the topic on Monday and then throughout the week, the children will rotate between all three classes taking part in different activities. The children will have the opportunity to make scones, make their own flag or streamer, use the junk modelling to make a famous British building, paint a picture of someone who helps us or a member of the Royal Family, listen to British music and play some British games outside such as hopscotch.  


On Friday we will have a celebratory Afternoon Tea with the children, eating the scones they have made throughout the week.


We will continue with phonics where the children will learn the phonemes 'd' and 'g' and recap all the other phonemes learnt so far. We will also recap the tricky words we learnt last week 'I' 'no' and 'go'.

In Maths, we will practise counting in sets and counting 1 to 1, as well as learn how to write 3 and 4 this.

Reception Weekly Focus 8.10.18

This week in Reception we will continue focusing on the story 'Owl Babies' written by Martin Waddell. 

In Literacy, the children will once again hear the story, and then sequence pictures from the story and discuss the beginning, middle and end. 

In Phonics the children will learn the phonemes 'n' and 'm' and recap all the other phonemes learnt so far - s a t p i. We will continue to encourage them to write using the correct letter formation and hold their pencils correctly.

In Maths, we will introduce the 100 square, order numbers correct and count how many owls they can see. We learnt how to write 0 and 1 last week so will focus on learning how to write 2 and 3 this week.